Free Tempted (A Player Brother Romance Book) (A Standalone Novel) (Player Brothers Book 1) by Claire Adams Page A

his
brothers since childhood. "What are they up to these days?"
    "Logan is a professional Poker player in Vegas,
if you can believe it,” he said.
    I remembered his brother's ability to fake us out
during our epic battles of practical jokes. "That doesn't surprise me a
bit. Gives a new meaning to the last name, Player."
    "I guess you’re right," he laughed.
    "I heard Travis went into the Army some time
back. How's he doing?"
    "I think pretty good ,”
Aiden said.
    "That is fantastic,” I said.
    We talked for a while longer and when I hung up the
phone I realized that I had relaxed my tone with him without realizing it.
Every time I talked to him I felt as if we were those same kids, so easy and
comfortable with each other. Taking away the imminent pressure of the case,
made me feel a bit confused as to whether or not I should be so stringent on my
resolve to avoid going out with Aiden.

 
    Chapter
Four

 
    By the time Friday rolled around I felt quite ready
for a girl’s night out. We had just received confirmation on the new court date
being in a week and a half since a few days had already passed by since our
previous court session, and the senior partners had all been scrambling to find
work for us.
    Kelsey had decided to forgo inviting her actor
friends, since she and I hadn’t had much time to hang out since starting at the
firm.
    I didn’t think much about what to wear and just threw
on a cream colored sun dress and a pair of sandals. Kelsey looked spectacular
as always in her forest green sleeveless blouse, and trendy cutoff jeans.
    We thought about going to see the romantic comedy, but
ended up discovering that we both really wanted to see the sci-fi blockbuster.
We had both suggested the other movie out of politeness for the other, and we
laughed about it as we pulled up to the movie theater.
    Much to my surprise I saw just beyond the large group
of people entering the lobby, a group of familiar faces. I recognized Aiden of
course, and though I hadn’t seen his brothers in years I knew their faces
instantly. A couple of girls that I didn’t immediately recognize hung on the
arm of each brother.
    "Are you kidding me?" I exclaimed as we
exited the car narrowing my eyes towards them.
    "What's wrong?" Kelsey asked.
    "That's Aiden,” I said while gesturing to the
group through the glass. "I mentioned that you and I were going to the
movies. I wonder if he's stalking me."
    "Oh my god,” Kelsey said. "Just relax. Now,
which one is Aiden? I don’t remember what he even looked like back in the day.”
    "The one at the back of the line, in the blue
shirt."
    For the first time since we had reconnected I saw that
he wore a short sleeved casual shirt, fully exposing his tribal tattoos on his
forearm.
    Kelsey turned towards me and raised her eyebrow.
    "And you’re turning him down?" she
asked, with an incredulous tone. "Um... why?"
    "You know why,” I said without further comment.
    She rolled her eyes. “Well, I’m still going to the
movie,” she informed me, hopping out of the car.
    I guess I was too. At least Kelsey would be there for
moral support. I jumped out of the car and quickly caught up to her.
    We stepped inside and waited in line to gather our
tickets. We had pre-ordered so we didn’t have to wait long, and once we had
them in hand we headed over to the counter for refreshments.
    "Well, it looks like you’re stocking me,” Aiden
said as Kelsey and I neared his group.
    He smiled at me and I tried to ignore the tingle along
my spine.
    "Shocking,” I mumbled.
    I turned to greet his brothers. The girl with Travis I
then recognized as the same that he had dated in high school. They had both
been a few grades ahead of us. We greeted each other, and I was introduced to Logan’s
date also, someone I had never met before.
    "Why don't we all sit together?" Aiden
suggested after we all loaded our arms with huge buckets of popcorn and soda's.
    I had always been partial the chocolate malt candies
and had a